Hello!
There is one thing about competitive swimming that I've been having trouble with and I need some advice.
I absolutely love competing in yards - did it in middle school, high school, and college. I didn't start swimming LCM until high school and I've been almost "scared" of it ever since then. When I swim in a yard pool (or even a SCM pool) - I'm fine and I feel fast. When I get in a LCM pool... I feel so SLOW and like someone is holding me back. I don't know if I'm playing head games with myself or what. Water is water. I feel like a different swimmer in a LCM pool and I don't like it. I almost dread practicing in one - why would a swimmer do that? I love swimming!?!?!?! If anyone has experienced this - I'd really appreciate some words of wisdom!
Thanks!
Sarah :p
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I think it is a physical and a psychological difference:
.) in a 25 yards pool, one takes say 15 strokes per length, then flipturns;
.) in a 50 meter pool, one takes a corresponding 40 strokes per length, then flipturns.
Used to a 25 yards pool, but switching to a 50 meter pool, one would slack off (physically and psychologically) after about 20 strokes, begging for the flipturn to come, and getting slower in the process for the remaining strokes before the wall.
Also, a race in a 25 yards pool is different than a race in a 50 meter pool, because one has to bring the best effort and start to hurt at different marks whether is a 25 yards or a 50 meter pool.
I used to be comfortable in 50 meter pools, until I came to U.S. and swimming mostly in 25 yards throws me off now when I switch from yards to meters.
I think it is a physical and a psychological difference:
.) in a 25 yards pool, one takes say 15 strokes per length, then flipturns;
.) in a 50 meter pool, one takes a corresponding 40 strokes per length, then flipturns.
Used to a 25 yards pool, but switching to a 50 meter pool, one would slack off (physically and psychologically) after about 20 strokes, begging for the flipturn to come, and getting slower in the process for the remaining strokes before the wall.
Also, a race in a 25 yards pool is different than a race in a 50 meter pool, because one has to bring the best effort and start to hurt at different marks whether is a 25 yards or a 50 meter pool.
I used to be comfortable in 50 meter pools, until I came to U.S. and swimming mostly in 25 yards throws me off now when I switch from yards to meters.
